If you're not living in NOLA or traveling there soon, it's certainly respectable to be a Texan, though, where OpenTable named six notable Southern restaurants. Two of those are in the Dallas area: Ida Claire in Addison and Rapscallion in Dallas' Lowest Greenville.

The list was created from some 12 million reviews on OpenTable of 27,000 restaurants in the United States. The restaurants had to have a Southern category tag and then were ranked according to the restaurant's rating, according to a statement from OpenTable.

It's always a great thing for Dallas restaurants to be included on national lists. Take Grumps Burgers in Granbury, for instance: TripAdvisor reviews recently declared it one of the top burger joints in the country. Not a bad bump for a small-town North Texas restaurant.

But, the data from OpenTable reviews (and other lists like this) don't take into account good places where somehow the numbers didn't add up. Hattie's in Oak Cliff, for instance, is a beloved Southern restaurant. So is Celebration in Dallas. And Fixe Southern House and Buttons Restaurant in Fort Worth. You could consider Whistle Britches, Mama's Daughters' Diner, Norma's Cafe and Pink Magnolia as good contenders, too.

Ida Claire (pictured above) is a restaurant off of Belt Line Road in Addison that has an Airstream trailer out on the patio and Southern favorites on the menu like fried green tomatoes and chicken in a biscuit. Rapscallion (pictured below) specializes in rotisseried chicken alongside down-home veggies like collard greens and mac and cheese. Wait, macaroni isn't a vegetable. Please, can it be?

Caroline Potter, OpenTable's chief dining officer, gives credit to states like Texas for its many Southern options. "While winning restaurants are sprinkled throughout the nation, spots in southern states rightfully dominate the list, which works as a handy guide for travelers who want to eat their way through the region," she says in a statement.

Peep the entire list below -- a.k.a., where to blow your diet on your next vacation:

Sarah Blaskovich, food writer. Sarah writes about restaurants, bars and culture in Dallas. She also appears on NBC5 twice a week. Follow @sblaskovich and ask her what to do, where to eat or where to drink in your 'hood.